The duty of preventing and investigating fires destructive of buildings and other property is delegated to the department of commerce and insurance, under the control of the commissioner of that department.Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 55; Shan. Supp., § 373a118; mod. Code 1932, § 5677; impl. am. Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 67; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 5677; impl. am. Acts 1971, ch. 137, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-2401, 68-17-101.
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